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littn' To Id
With the highwa} accident curve going up
and the automobile death toll .increasing, it is
limp for the motoring public t" act in an effort
to reverse the blood} trend. Interested in the
safety of life, limb and property, observers have
watched and studied the flow of traffic for years
and so far the} have not succeeded in advanc
mg a cure lor The i \ iltnrr sweeps the lughwuys.
After all is said and done. it is possible that the
solution will be tound in the consciousness of
the individual driver. Accidents are subject to
happen to anyoia but the driver who is uncon
scious of the rights ol others on the road, who
disregards the ruli d safety and who centers
his nund and uriving on a speed record, is the
man who can help bend ti e diath curve down
ward
The National Sab t> Council, recognizuig the
'Upward- SWIIIg III till?oexml. ol curve, points 1t)
the national enu igeriCy in the following edi
torial
When an elnergcilc} ai ises. the American peo
ple act
When ai; i pidenuc strikes, the nation monop
olizes to conquer it
When flood, file 01 hurricane roar across the
country, millions of dollars and trainloads of
riruud ut.'J clothiiiu pour into the stricken area
11 an enemy invaded nui shores, everyone of
us would rush to the defense
Today, we are faced with a national emer
gency as great as any of these greater, in fact,
because it is less spectacular and arouses less
alarm
This emergency is the rising traffic toll
A lot of us have had the smug idea lately that
he had the traffic plpblem w hipped Last year
the nation cut its death toll 19 per cent This
year started out the same way.
Then something happened We started step
ping on the game and jaywalking again Acci
dents shM up. The safety drive faltered, then
bogged down
And 111 June, the National Safety Council re
ports, the traffic death toll went up for the first
time in 20 months
In June alone. 2.330 people were killed oil
streets and highways Eighty thousand others
were injured And the heavy vacation months
still are to be heard from.
Is that an emergency or not'.'
?Your help, is needed needed iqst as much as
in fire or flood.
Not your money Not your time. Not your sei
vices.
Just a little common horse sense when you
drive and walk
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Philadelphia Record.
Sinclair Lewis announced in Maine this win k
that new dark ages are coming, perhaps in this
( generation
Dr A. J Cronin, also in Maine, announced
that the world is on the verge ot a "big moral
uplift."
Lewis' most recent novel. "The Prodigal Par
ents," received a general panning from the cri
tics. Dr Cronin's "The Citadel" won wide ac
claim.
PromitPi
There'll be a lot of promising done by both the
major political parties before another presi
dent walks into the White House. And it is go
ing to be mighty embarrassing to those Repub
licans who have voted to cut out relief expen
ditures. turn the old folks out and limit pub
lic expenditures to the manufacturing rich, if
they get charge of the government and have to
star! making good those promises
Mr Taft. prominently mentioned as a presi
dential 'candidate on the Republican slate, is
already talking about adequate government
provision for relief, biggci old-age pensions,
lOsirTTred housing and-so on. Mr. Vandcrburg.
ihe outspoken Critic of th< present administra
tion and who .. watering foi the Republican
iiominatiora has spoken weirds similar.to .those
credited to Taft Dewey, a third man promi
nently mentioned for the Republican nominee,
t: II. II im.'ar tone.
It would seem that the squabble rs not over
relief. but who will administer rebel- And 1ha.l
reminds one of the oil scandals under Hard
mg-ru+d-tho- gi neral corruption-thai iras murk
eu the Republican party for years It is to be
admitted that the party now in power has dish
i d out the cash in elections and that there is
political corruption abroad in the land, but when
:? c noes to plain old stealing the Democrats arc
pikers compared with their veteran opponents
The next election will not certer around the
New Deal, hut around a promised bigger deal
t hird Term t or hints
I Ik in Tribune.
Kevin it mi! before the Young Democrats an
'nual convention in Pittsburgh, Senator Pepper,
oi Floiida. advocaieil a thud lenn for Roo.se
velt ideas" The news columns tell tiiat ins
hearers stood and applauded, even before the
senator finished with "ideas'
But ilevel mind that Senatoi Pepper, we
think, spoke a better phrase than he knew, one
that interprets what is going on in the minds
of the people of this nation as the\ get ready lb
.vote on national issues again "A third term lor
Roosevelt's ideas" we think could bcttei have
been put "ideals" instead of "ideas", for while
quetilK been questioned. Ins ideology seldom
lias been
And so Senator Pepper put it aptly, because
w hile many are npposed.lu a. ihiJ'd presidential
term for an individual, they are not opposed,
indeed they favor enthusiastically, how-many
terms for whatever seems to be for the nation
al good
linii bTsre n1|r wnrrts. whoever iu elected -
President in 1940, will have made it plain to
the voters that it will not be his purpose to nul
lify the accomplishments of the past eight years
or scuttle the New Deal program in its entire
ty And that govs for Republican as well as
.Democrat. It is significant, we think, that Sen
ator Taft senses the trend of thought and wise
ly charts Ills course when he is magnanimous
< nough to admit that the Roosevelt program
has not all been had. implying that he could do
a better job of administering it Likewise Tom
Dewey, who is hoping the presidential light
ning will strike him. has thought it worth
while to let it be known that his conservatism
is liberally sprinkled with liberalism. For that's
what it is going to take to be elected President
in 1941)
Mr Roosevelt told the Young Democrats,
warned them, that he would not support "con
servative lipscrvice candidates on a straddle
hug platform" Some read into that declaration
that the President will "take a walk" in ease
the unexpected happens But where will he
walk, is what is puzzling the politico.-, His foes
would be willing for him to walk and walk and
never come back, and leave the field to them,
but they can't count on that They know that to
undertake to scuttle Ins program will bring him
up fighting one way or another; know that the
price w ill be written in their own defeat
Anil the temper of the Young Democrats at
Pittsburgh is disturbing to Jack Garner and
others who crave to go back to the good old
days when there was not so much talk about
humanilarianism and when the lug-wigs could
come to Waulnngton certain ol a welcome and
of getting what they want. For these youngs
ters are taking their polities seriously and from
a different viewpoint.
Anyhow, the plot thickens, and there's going
I to bo a lot of fireworks from now on.
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TELEPHONES: DAY 155-J NIGHT 44-J or 319-J
China Is Buying
More U. S. Weed
Imports of American unmanu
factured tobacco into China in the
first six months of 1939 showed a
substantial increase over imports in.
the same period a year ago, figures
compiled by the tobacco division of
the department of commerce disclos
ed recently.
Shipments to China in the first six
months amounted to 42,855,831
pounds of tobacco valued at $4,405,
285 as compared with January-June
nrefr shipments of 30,190,040 pounds;
valued at $3,087,107.
Chinese imports of American to
bacco amounted to 31,620,121 pounds
valued at $3,698,028 for the six
months prior to July, 1937, the date
of the beginning of hostilities in
China
The volume of unmanufactured to
bacco shipped to China In the first
six months of 1939 very nearly ap
proximately the volume of tobacco
shipped from the United States to
the United Kingdom, 45,023,079
pound.-- Since ChinaVimports, how- .
ever, consisted entirely of medium
grades of leaf and stems, the value !
of American exports to that country j
was only about one-quarter the
value of shipments to the United j
Kingdom, which for the first ,six
months of this year was $17,922,422
American exports of manufactur
ed cigarettes to China in the first i
six months of this year more than
doubled exports for the correspond
ing period of 1938. Shipments from
January to the end of June totaled i
4U.588.hOO cigarettes valued at $100,
091 as compared with 20.180.000 cig
arettes valued at $57?4U1 in i938. _J
W isconsin Editor
Reports Wedding
The Wisconsin newspaper which j
published the account of the Henry !
Jones marriage had an eye for busi- j
Hess. Here's how it went:
"Miss Jennie Jones and Bob Hen- j
ry were married at the Jones man
sion last night. The bride is a daugh- j
tor of . Constable Jones, who hag j
made a good Officer and will un- j
doubtedly be re-elected this spring.
He offers some fine horses for sale
in another column of this issue. The
groom runs a grocery store and is a
steady patron of our advertising col
nmns He bar a good line of bargains
hi his ad this week. All summer, he j
paid 2 cents more for butter than ]
any other store in town. They were
married by Rev. Josiah Buttorworth
who last week called at this office
and gave us a nice order for hand- |
bills He is also going to give some i
time to thi' real estate business and
will write fire insurance. So_say the
business cards we recently printed
for loin, Jennie and Hob left?foe
Mi HvuuKee, to visit the bride's un
cle who, we understand, has a lot of
money and a cancer.
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND
Whereas, on the 19th day of No
vember, 1934, Herbert Bunting, Em
ma Hunting, T. A. Hunting and Jenie
Hunting executed and delivered un
to W. O. McGibony. Trustee for Land
; Bank Commissioner, a certain deed
of trust which ia recorded in the of
' fice of the Register of Deeds for Mar
i tin County, North Carolina, in Book
| N-3, at page 447; and
Whereas, default has been made
I in the payment of the indebtedness
thereby secured as therein provid
ed. and the trustee has been request
ed by the owner and holder thereof
to exercise the power of sale therein
contained:
No. therefore, under and by vir
tue of the authority conferred by
the said deed of trust the undersign
ed trustee will on the 4th day of Sep
tember, 1939, at the court house door
of Martin County, North Carolina,
at twelve o'clock noon offer for sale
to the highest bidder for cash, the
following reat estate:
All that tract of land containing
Sixty-Eight and two-tenths (682)
acres, more or less, in Robersonville
Township, Martin County, Nortiv
Carolina, bounded on the North by
the lands of T. A Bunting; on the
, East by the William Gray land; on
tiie South by a braneh and the lands
of Mrs. S. H. Gurganus, and on the
: West by the lands of T. A. Bunting
' and the Robersonville Road. The
property is more fully described by
notes and bounds in the deed of
trust above mentioned, to which ref
erence is made.
This property is being sold sub
let to an outstanding deed of trust
executed by Herbert Bunting et al
to the Federal Land Bank of Col
umbia, recorded in Book N-5, page
291, in the office of the Register of
Deeds of Martin County. North Car
olina.
This the 1st day of August, 1939
W O. McGIBONY.
Trustee
B A Critcher,
Agent and Atty for Trustee. al-4t
ADMINISTRATORS' NOTICE
Having qualified as administrators
I of the estate of J H. Saunders, de-j
ceased, late of Martin County. North;
Carolina, this is to notify all per
sons having claims against the estate1
of said deceased to exhibit them to
the undersigned at Williamston, N.
C., on or before the 7th day of Aug
ust. 11)40, or this notice will be plead
ed in bar of their recovery. All per
sons indebted to>?tf7-T*H?$te will
please tuJkv lmprff^diate payn
This thf 7tlyday of August, 1939.
NIE S. SAUNDERS,
H. SAUNDERS. JR
Wheeler Martin, Atty. a8-6t
PRELIMINARY CERTIFICATE OF
DISSOLUTION
To All to Whom These Presents May
Come?Greetings:
Whereas, it appears to my satis
faction, by duly authenticated rec
ord of the proceedings for the vol
untary dissolution thereof by the un
animous consent of all the stock
holders, deposited in my office, that
the BARNHIU. SUPPLY COM
PANY. INCORPORATED, a corpor
j at ion of this State, whose principal
[office is situated.in the TOWN OF
?VERETX?L county .of Martin, State
of North Cafofiha," "(A P Barnhill
| being the agent therein and in charge
thereof, upon whom process may be
I served), has complied with the re
quirements of Chapter 22. Consoli
i dated Statutes, entitled "Corpora
| Hons," preliminary to the issuing of
this Certificate of Dissolution:
Now Thercfuic, I, That! Euie. 3lt
| retarv of State of the State of North
[Carolina, do hereby certify that the
ji^aid corporation did. on the 27th day
; df July, 1939. file in my office a duly
:? x ecu ted and attested consent . in
writing to the dissolution of said cor
Iporation. executed by all the stock
' holders thereof, which said consent
, and the record of the proceedings
uiforesaidarenov^mjfi^
office as provided by law.
In Testimony Whereof, I have
hereto set my hand and affixed my
official seal at Raleigh, this 27th day
of July, A. D? 1939.
THAD EURE,
al-4t Secretary of State
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue.of a judgment
of the Superior Court of Martin
County in an action entitled "M. D.
Wilson et al v. William Andrews et
al". the undersigned commissioners
will, on the 4th day of September, I
1939, at 12 o'clock noon, in front of
the Courthouse door Martin County,
offer for sale to the highest bidder,
for cash, the following described
lands, to-wit:
FIRST TRACT; Being the house
and lot and one acre of land upon
which said house and lot are situat
ed as described in will of the late
Moses Andrews.
SECOND TRACT: Bounded by
Highway No 90 to Daniel and Staton
Mill. 25 acres of land which was al
lotted to Aaron Andrews in a spec
ial proceedings in Book 10, page 2, j
now owned by M D. Wilson, the
Smithwick heirs, Eason land and
others. Containing 75 acres, saving
andexceptinghouseanilottract__
THIRD TRACT: What ii known
as the Moses Andrews old Home
place, adjoining Isaac Nichols, High
way, a lane. Delia Griffin land and
containing 6 (six) acres, more or
less.
FOURTH TRACT: Bounded by
Highway No. 90, road leading from
Highway No. 90 to Daniel and Staton
Mill, church and Georgia Cotanche
land. Containing one-fourth (1-4)
acre, more or less.
The bidder will be required to
make a deposit of 10 per cent.
This the first day of August. 1939.
B A. CRITCHER.
E S. PEEL,
H. G HORTON,
al-4t Commissioners.
DR. V. H. MEW BORN
OPTOMETRIST
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Co., every Fri., 2 to S p. m.
Robersonville office, Ross Jewelry
Store, Tuesday, August 8.
Bethel office: Rives Drug Store,
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